Lowry Field is a neighborhood on the far eastern edge of Denver that was built on a former air force base.

This large parcel of land about six miles from downtown became available when the base closed in 1994.

Now it’s a master planned neighborhood that combines residential streets, dining, businesses, nonprofits, and schools.

Where the base’s administrative offices once stood, Lowry Town Center now offers shopping, restaurants, offices, and gyms.

Several military buildings have been repurposed as everything from lofts and condos to an adult ed program and a theater.

Two enormous hangars also remain, one of which holds a museum that chronicles the history of the base.

A rocketship originally created for Burning Man now tops an ice cream stand.

“It's a great area with restaurants, parks, shopping, walking, and biking.” —T.C., resident

From the beginning, the neighborhood was planned to have a mix of everything from affordable housing to million-dollar custom homes.

Housing types in Lowry Field run from apartments and condos to detached houses.

A front-yard garden on Oneida Court.

Developers divvied up the nearly 900-acre base into clusters of smallish house plots surrounded by open green space.

Sunset Park is one of 17 public parks in Lowry Field.

A paved path in Great Lawn Park passes by ponds and streams.

The Schlessman Family Branch Library hosts gatherings for a range of interests: knitting, comic books, teen trivia, and local history.

Street parking in Lowry Field is ample and unrestricted, and public buses service the neighborhood.

Monday afternoon at Lowry Town Center.